WorkAlfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863) · Bonnaire, 1835
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Documented 1839–1845
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“The works of M. de Vigny having come in my way I have read quite through this thick volume”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers) · later pencil addition, black: Sept. 1839
'I have read quite through this thick volume' is an explicit first-person reading statement with a dated pencil addition.
“The first portion of this volume, Servitude et Grandeurs Militaires, contains an account of the way in which he received his false tendency”
Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · Sept. 1839
Continuation of the same journal entry established as 'I have read quite through this thick volume' (de Vigny).
“The works of M.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Balzac, George Sand, De Vigny, and Béranger." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
“De Vigny. Character of the [gentleman]. True record_ literary effort growing up naturally from life”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal 1840." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (85); Box 5 (85).
Inferred Character of the [gentleman]. The emphasis on 'character of the gentleman' and literary effort 'growing up naturally from life' fits Servitude et grandeur militaires, which presents soldier-gentleman protagonists. Title inferred as Servitude et grandeur militaires
“One of the most unexceptionable and attractive writers of modern France is De Vigny.”
Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. · p167
Inferred Fuller analyzes his work at length in the essay, the footnote of which (line 6258) identifies its subjects as 'Balzac, Eugene Sue, De Vigny.' Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863) was known for his historical novel Cinq-Mars (1826) and for Servitude et grandeur militaires (1835), a collection of tales concerning military life. The specific title Fuller is referencing is inferred from the context of her discussion.
Fuller analyzes his work at length in the essay, the footnote of which (line 6258) identifies its subjects as 'Balzac, Eugene Sue, De Vigny.' Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863) was known for his historical novel Cinq-Mars (1826) and for Servitude et grandeur militaires (1835), a collection of tales concerning military life.
“The works of M. de Vigny having come in my way, I have read quite through this thick volume. 'The first portion of this volume, Servitude et Grandeurs Militaires...”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.